For more than a decade now, OLED (organic light-emitting diode) displays have set the bar for screen quality, albeit at a price. That’s because they produce deep blacks, offer wide viewing angles, and have a broad color range. Meanwhile, QD (quant...
Jan 3, 2022
For conventional computers, benchmarks can represent a rite of passage of sorts into a new era of computing. As artificial intelligence and machine learning become more and more ubiquitous, for instance, AI and ML benchmarks help everyone understa...
Jan 3, 2022
Some 570 projects have been implemented in response to the country’s industrial needs in the field of nanotechnology, according to the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
Jan 3, 2022
From the Terminator to Spiderman's suit, self-repairing robots and devices abound in sci-fi movies. In reality, though, wear and tear reduce the effectiveness of electronic devices until they need to be replaced. What is the cracked screen of...
Jan 3, 2022
A computer is suspended from the ceiling. Delicate lines and loops of silvery wires and tubes connect gold-colored platforms. It seems to belong in a science-fiction movie, perhaps a steam-punk cousin of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. But as the ma...
Jan 3, 2022
The field of self-repairing materials is rapidly expanding, and what used to be science fiction might soon become reality, thanks to scientists who developed eco-friendly nanocrystal semiconductors capable of self-healing. Their findings describe ...
Jan 3, 2022
Ultra-precise lasers can be used for optical atomic clocks, quantum computers, power cable monitoring, and much more. But all lasers make noise, which researchers from DTU Fotonik want to minimize using machine learning.
Jan 3, 2022
Ultrathin nanomaterials, known as MXenes, are poised to make it easier to monitor a person's well-being by analyzing their perspiration.
Jan 3, 2022
HyVIS, an EU-funded initiative targeting degenerative eye disease, is scheduled to get underway. The four-year project aims to develop a way to restore sight in people with diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa...
Jan 3, 2022
Compact desktop printers could soon take the place of big, expensive laser printers for printing 3D micro- and nanostructures. A two-step 3D-printing process, invented by researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Heidelberg Univer...
Jan 3, 2022
